(God) Advice to a Friend - Ian Hunter

God said to me "Gonna kick your ass

Cos all you do is ask ask ask All that

Energy looking for me when

I'm sitting here inside you

Plain to see How I built you cell

For cell gave you sights to see

Gave you tales to tell

Even let you help yourself for a while

To take some weight off this busy child"

I said to God "I found you out

I know what this world is all about "

God said "Stop - don't scramble your brain

My opponent's been messing you around again

See him and me are enemies

And we play little games for galaxies

And he's inside you

N I am too so here we are

Just the three of you"

"Oh we made mistakes too many cards

But making human beings can be hard

A God gets tired of playing so much chess

He wishes his God would get him out of his mess"

I said to God "What's it like to die"

He said "It's as plain as the sea and sky

Conception was him and me and you

When your batteries fade we all just move on"

I said to God "Who's winning this game

Is the devil in front"

He said "Is that his name

You know I've been so busy I never asked

I never looked up from this awesome task"

I said to God "What's good 'n bad" He said

"It's just something you've got to have

It don't mean nothing to us up here

But your primitive people

You gotta have fear"

I said to God "Do I think for myself"

He said I told you once you just help yourself

Don't forget you're composed of three

Your thinking comes from him and me"

I said to God "How big are you

Is there a religion - is it true

How big's the universe - is time

The same for you as my life is to mine"

God said "If all the things

That made worlds float

Were all to part - then you would note

The size of him and the size of me

And that's how big we both shall be"

He said "The universe is small

Just like some fortune-teller's ball

And we both sit down - and we play the game

When somebody wins it all starts again"

"There's no religion - you did that

It helps to keep your little leaders fat

Like faith 'n superstition stay

To help you pass the time away

But when you talk of time and life

It makes me think of circles heights

Expansion is the clue

Your dreams

Are nearer than you've ever been"

"You see my little toy to think

Is from two bowls of wine to drink

Don't take too much or you may drown

Behave yourself - see you around "